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Originally posted by JP:
Simon Says put your hands on your head!

Elite Special Force Procrastinator, trained in High Arts of Extended Coffee Breaks and
Master Linguist of the Water Cooler Conversation

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We had our first soccer game this morning. <snip> The game was fun and certainly an experience. Yeah, it's herdball. Yeah, it's a lot of shouting encouragement, instruction and "watch the ball!". I was hoarse by half-time (my allergies weren't helping either). We were playing a team of boys that had obviously had more practice than we did, to the point that they were playing space and running set plays on corner kicks (no kidding). Still, the Wild Cats really worked hard to hold their own. Four of the ten ran up and down the field for the full game. They were completely wiped by the time the final whistle blew. I had a few that would really rather not be there and were hardly paying attention, then I had the rest that were willing if not entirely able. Still, most of them listened really well, hustled after the ball, and really looked like they were having fun (if not entirely sure of what they were doing).

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All in all I was very proud of the girls. We had three or four almost-goals, and I think with a bit of practice and knowing that they should follow up their shots (it's not like the other team's goalie was really any better than ours, we just let him pick it up) I think we'll start scoring more. They all hustled for the first quarter or two, and you could tell they were pooped by half-time and there after, then it was enough just to keep them around the ball. After one goal, all four of my attackers were panting, hands on hips, and I told them all I'd walk the ball up to the center slowly, taking my time so they could catch their breath. A couple of them smiled like they knew what I was trying to get away with. One of the refs (a young boy, they're all young kids starting out refereeing preschoolers) said, "Any time you're ready coach" to which I replied, "I'll get there, it's my girls who aren't ready yet" and we took our time getting set. It was all I could do to field 7 players at a time, never mind having them fall over from exhaustion.

We have our second game tomorrow afternoon, and I already know 2 girls who won't be at the game, so we'll be playing without subs again. We'll see how it goes. I've got the batteries charging, so hopefully there will be pictures.

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